Aligning strategic processes in pursuit of firm growth

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 446-453

  Titus, Varkey K ^a   Covin, Jeffrey G ^a   Slevin, Dennis P ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Growth; Objective setting; Strategy formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551548970     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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